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Category: Gardening

Grow Your Own Transplants | If you're serious about gardening, the growing season never really comes to an end. Something always needs to be done even, in the dead of winter. On our homestead, once the holidays are over, it is time to turn our attention to the upcoming spring planting season, which actually starts several weeks in advance of spring. The first item on my agenda is to start my own transplants. Here are my best tips. | GNOWFGLINS.com

Grow Your Own Transplants

Common Sense Homesteading | She's the common sense homesteader. Smart, kind, and discerning, Laurie Neverman is the blogger behind Common Sense Homesteading. Her interests lie in homesteading, gardening, energy efficiency, and natural health. Our visit includes a virtual tour of her family's energy star home in Wisconsin, and info about her book, "Common Sense Health". Get to know Laurie through the links and info in this post, and of course through this podcast. Plus... the tip of the week! | KnowYourFoodPodcast.com/59

Common Sense Homesteading with Laurie Neverman (KYF059)

Gardening in Small Spaces | I live in suburbia, right smack-dab in the heart of the big city suburbs. I'm a wanna-be homesteader, dreaming and planning to buy a few acres one day soon. Yet, I am gardening in my postage stamp yard, and last year harvested over $500 worth of food from my little garden beds. If you are a wanna-be homesteader, too, now is the time to "dig in" and learn how to garden -- even in small spaces! | GNOWFGLINS.com

Gardening in Small Spaces

KYF #061: Realeyes Homestead | Interested in permaculture and holistic nutrition? Then you need to meet Levi Meeuwenberg and Brenda Baran, who are combining their passions as they revitalize their family farm in Michigan. In this podcast, I visit with Levi to learn how he went from professional freerunning to holistic agriculture. And he and Brenda need your help to restore Realeyes Homestead. Plus... the tip of the week! | KnowYourFoodPodcast.com/61

Realeyes Homestead Permaculture and Holistic Nutrition (KYF061)

5 Anti-Inflammatory Herbs In Your Own Backyard

5 Anti-Inflammatory Herbs In Your Own Backyard

KYF #062: Heirloom Seeds and Beyond Off Grid Film | What do an off-grid documentary film project and heirloom gardening have in common? They're the strong interests of husband, father, and entrepreneur Jason Matyas. In this podcast, you'll meet Jason and we'll visit about his off-grid film project, his family business sharing heirloom seeds, his love of gardening, and much more. Plus... the tip of the week! | KnowYourFoodPodcast.com/62

Heirloom Seeds and Beyond Off Grid Film with Jason Matyas (KYF062)

Spotlight on Herbs: Thyme | Since winter is still firmly upon us, it's a wonderful time to think about thyme. Not only is it a great flavoring in all of the warm soups, stews, and roasts we're busy cooking, but it's a natural healer of colds, coughs, and sore throats. Thyme is an important addition to any kitchen or medicinal herb garden! | GNOWFGLINS.com

Spotlight on Herbs: Thyme

How To Homestead Without 100 Acres & A Cow | 'I really want to homestead, but we're waiting until we can afford to buy an acreage.' I hear that comment a lot, and here's my response: 'If you have a home, you have a homestead.' Today I will share ways you can start homesteading wherever you are, regardless of where you live or the resources you have (or don't have). | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

How to Homestead Without 100 Acres & A Cow

Spotlight on Herbs: Marjoram | I rarely see marjoram in the spotlight. It humbly takes its place next to showier herbs like borage and bay leaf trees, and more popular rosemary and thyme. And yet, year after year, this little plant thrives in both garden and pot. It survives the long winter, basking in the light of a sunny window. With both culinary and medicinal uses, it's an herb that deserves a second look. | GNOWFGLINS.com

Spotlight on Herbs: Marjoram

Keys to Success for the Beginning Gardener | After a rough winter, spring has finally arrived and the long-awaited gardening season is finally in full swing. If you are new to gardening endeavor, I encourage you to give it a shot! There's no time like the present. :) I put together a few gardening tips so that you can have a successful first season. These basic tips are the things I wish I had known when I first started. | GNOWFGLINS.com

Keys to Success for the Beginning Gardener

KYF #066: Inspiring Pioneer Roots | Melissa Norris grew up living simply and using old-fashioned skills, and noticed as a grown up that most people didn't know how to preserve or raise their own food. And so, she's on a mission to help people bring pioneering skills in the modern world. Get to know Melissa through the links and information below, and of course through this podcast. Plus... the tip of the week! | KnowYourFoodPodcast.com/66

Inspiring Pioneer Roots with Melissa Norris (KYF066)

What to Plant Now to be Ready for Cold and Flu Season Later | Spring is here! With the cold of winter finally behind us, the last thing you are thinking of is the cold and flu season. However, a little thought and planning now can make for a garden full of natural healers when the coughs and sniffles return. | GNOWFGLINS.com

What to Plant Now to Be Ready for Cold and Flu Season Later

KYF #067: The Urban Farm with Greg Peterson | For the last 25 years, Greg Peterson has been urban farming on 1/3 acre city lot in Phoenix, Arizona. His home, The Urban Farm, is a showcase of beautiful and productive permaculture -- a chicken run, gardens, 85 fruit trees including apple and citrus hedges, and much more! Get to know Greg and The Urban Farm in today's podcast. Plus... the tip of the week! | KnowYourFoodPodcast.com/67

The Urban Farm with Greg Peterson (KYF067)

FREE Video: August '11 Garden Update

FREE Video: August ’11 Garden Update

Mature & Dry Green Beans

Mature & Dry Green Beans

Eating Locally CSA Farm Tour | We're heading down home... to your farms! Urban, suburban, or rural -- whatever you're growing and doing, we want to see it. Today you get to visit the Romans from Indiana. From their two farms, they specialize in heirloom veggies of all kinds and share with others via their CSA. | GNOWFGLINS.com

Eating Locally CSA Farm Tour

6 Tips For Growing & Planting Beans | If I had to choose one vegetable to grow, it'd be green beans. Beans are wonderful plants, providing benefits to our bodies and our garden soil. Through my many years of growing beans in my own garden, I have discovered a few tips to share with you on how to grow green beans. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

6 Tips On How To Plant and Grow Beans

Tomatoes: Easy Steps to a Bountiful Summer Harvest | As every gardener knows, once you taste your own homegrown tomatoes, you'll never go back to store-bought. While these favorite garden vegetables are pretty easy to grow, here are a few tips designed to help you have a successful harvest. | GNOWFGLINS.com

Tomatoes: Easy Steps to a Bountiful Summer Harvest